Airport Noise

Report Airport Noise via a smartphone app for Android phones that allows you to automatically file a complaint with the SFO Noise Abatement Office with a couple of quick taps. Click here to download and install the app.

The Airport Noise Subcommittee most recently met on June 12, 2017 where Bert Ganoung of the SFO Aircraft Noise Abatement Office said he would secure two monitors in the next few months for Brisbane, recommending they be placed at Mission Blue and Lipman, away from HVAC. When concluded, Ganoung will only provide the raw data, not a complex report. Ganoung also said he had sent TRACON a request to increase the elevation of the airplanes.

The next SFO Roundtable regular meeting takes place on October 4, 2017. The SFO Roundtable's Response to the FAA Initiative to Address Noise has been finalized and can be viewed here. Councilmember Lentz, Former Chair of the SFO Roundtable, also submitted this letter in support of the SFO Airport/Community Roundtable's response. Councilmember O'Connell is the City's new representative to the SFO Roundtable.

Beginning in June 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration provided monthly data detailing the aircraft that departed from SFO and flew through a circle 1 nautical mile in diameter that the FAA created for analytical and operational purposes. The FAA's objective was to avoid having aircraft penetrate the circle if possible, given safety and other operational constraints.